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Well, at least it's the end of comic book series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything. But, based on everything that's happened thus far, Bebop and Rocksteady could very well destroy the whole concept of time for the Turtles, with their entire universe being flushed down the time drain along with every other mutant we have come to know and love!

Iit wasn't so long in time ago (one month ago to be exact) when Donatello discovered the skeletons of both Bebop and Rocksteady in the Museum of Natural History. Once their good friend, Renet, showed up in the storyline, she took our heroes-in-a-half-shell on a time-traveling adventure that dated all the way back to the Cretaceous Period, followed by a trip to 2012 (before they became mutants), where Bebop and Rocksteady teamed up with themselves to not only fight the Turtles, but also create more chaos by arguing with none other than themselves!

You see, it all relates back to Savanti Romero who has history with our Turtles' past lives, and although he recruited Bebop and Rocksteady to destroy his enemies, I don't think he realized that they would literally—well—destroy everything! Even with Renet and the Turtles at the 79th Dimension, a place where they can watch over all the time portals--new and old--created by Bebop and Rocksteady, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything #5 gives our heroes 10 minutes to locate the original goons and finally kick some warthog and rhino butt!

I've been saying since the beginning of time (or at least since the beginning of this series) that writers Ben Bates and Dustin Weaver have created a very unique storyline for even the most die-hard Turtles fan to enjoy. Even with all the confusing time portals created (and destroyed) within this entire series, there were also so many talented artists involved. This week included the works of Ryan Browne, Sophie Campbell, as well as from authors Bates and Weaver, with additional colors by Bill Crabtree. Each and every artist involved each week represented their own Bebop or Rocksteady. In a way, this entire series would not have been as unique as it was without their collectiveness as a group.

If there's one thing I've learned over these five awesome issues, it's that a Rocksteady will always have his Bebop. And a Bebop will never be complete without his Rocksteady...

Man, comic book storylines sure make a difference when they’re released every week rather than every month (like most ongoing storylines tend to do). It’s been almost a month since I first started reading the latest miniseries from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything, but let me just say that if you haven’t read any of the TMNT miniseries before, this one is a must!

In the very first issue, Donatello discovers the skeletons of both Bebop and Rocksteady in the Museum of Natural History. When good friend Renet suddenly appears in front of their very eyes, you just know she’s about to take our heroes-in-a-half-shell on a time-traveling adventure they’ll never forget. And she does! Our adventurers are led on time threads that go all the way back to the Cretaceous Period, then to 2012 (before they became mutants), where Bebop and Rocksteady team up with themselves to literally—well—destroy everything!

Meanwhile, evil-doer Savanti Romero has even worse plans for the Turtles, and this week in Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything #4, our two troublemakers separate with their non-mutant counterparts to different parts in time. While our Bebops head to an Utrom-run future, our Rocksteadys head to France during WWI. I bet Savanti Ramero never thought two mutants could destroy the concept of time so much! Even with Renet and the Turtles watching as scenarios progress at the 79th Dimension, things aren’t looking good…

This whole time (Pun intended.), I’ve been saying all along that writers Ben Bates and Dustin Weaver have a confusing, yet exciting, storyline on their hands. And with multiple new artists each week (This week includes work from Nick Pitarra, Ben Tiesma, Damian Couceiro, Pablo Tunica, Tadd Galusha, Aaron Conley, and Ryan Browne.), I don’t think I’ve ever read such an elaborate miniseries. Bravo to all involved!

If I’m not mistaken, time should hopefully tie itself back together next week in the final issue of Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything. But, alas, only time will tell…

I'm having a conundrum. A "Continuum Conundrum," if you will. And yes, this conundrum involves the greatest time-traveling duo to ever live--well, in our imaginations at least. Naturally, I'm talking about Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown!

If you've ever watched the Back to the Future trilogy, you know that Marty and the Doc traveled from the 1980s back to the 1960s, then to the future of 2015 (which is now our present-day past... #ThinkAboutThat), and ended their adventures on film in the days of the Old West. But, on paper, IDW Publishing has created a beautiful comic book series that follows "untold tales and alternate timelines" of our two heroes.

Our story thus far:

The Doc has appeared in Marty's present-day 1980s life which takes place after their adventures on the big screen. But Emmett Brown has no idea just who he is or where he came from (or what time period for that matter), and it's up to Marty and Jennifer to solve this conundrum.

Last month, we got a glimpse into the Doc's past (or at least the events that led up to his disappearance from his beloved Clara), and it's my best guess that these events first occurred in the Old West. I think it is safe to assume that the Doc was trying to build a new time machine, and this alternate timeline stems from one of his attempts before he was able to build the time-traveling train we saw in Back to the Future III.

This month, in Back to the Future #9, Marty has a plan to send the Doc back to where he came from, but it involves going back to the future...again! It's the not-so-distant future this time in the year 2035, and let's just say that Biff Tannen's bloodline may yet again cause trouble for McFly and Dr. Brown.

As always, the team behind this Back to the Future series is the best in the business. With writers John Barber and Bob Gale, you get one hell of a captivating storyline. This issue is only Part 4 of "Continuum Conundrum," but I only hope it becomes an ongoing series at this point. And artists Marcelo Ferreira and Athila Fabbio only add to the awesomeness of this series! The future couldn't look brighter without inks and colors by Toni Doya, Diego Rodriguez, and Jose Luis Rio.

For now, however, we all have to wait yet another month to see what the future holds for Marty and the Doc.

Lara Croft is back! Has it really been one month already? It feels like it’s been forever since we last read Dark Horse Comics’ latest issue of their Tomb Raider series. Perhaps I’ve been playing too much Uncharted with Nathan Drake on my mind…

Even though we’re five issues in, so far, Lara has escaped bad guys both on foot and motorcycle, survived a plane crash, and swam her way out of heavy rapids where she almost drowned. All in a raider’s work, I guess.

In Tomb Raider #5, Miss Croft is in hot pursuit of her friend, Professor Demur, and his captives, all of whom are in search of a magical mushroom that only the Professor has found before. But with her heightened senses and keen perception, leave it to Lara to find the mushrooms first! And that’s after taking out a multitude of baddies—excuse me—Knighthood of the Dark Spore. But now, Jonah is missing, and I have a feeling the Knighthood will return…

If this series has anything going for it, it’s that script writer Mariko Tamaki really makes me feel like I’m playing a video game with every issue I read. And with detailed artwork and colors by Phillip Sevy and Michael Atiyeh, respectively, I couldn’t ask for a better comic book series that captures a video game series so perfectly. Kudos to all the raiders on board!

In the meantime, does anyone know when Rise of the Tomb Raider will be released for Playstation 4? I can only wait so much longer before having a new Lara Croft game in my life!

How cool was General Krang in the new film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows?! He was disgusting, wasn’t he?! I loved the portrayal of Krang in this film so much that I’m rooting for him to come back! Is that weird?

In the meantime, at least we have the ongoing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series to keep us occupied. For the past few issues, our pizza-loving friends have actually been on Burnow Island, where General Krang has left a mess. After reviving many of the remaining Utroms, the Turtles had to defeat Leatherhead who tricked them all into thinking he was their friend, but who also murdered many of the remaining Utrom species as revenge against Krang.

This month, in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #59, our heroes get back home only to discover their father, Splinter, in the middle of a battle with the evil Kitsune! How did this come about? You’ll have to read June’s comic book to find out.

Per usual, writers Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow, and Tom Waltz have become masterminds in the art of cliffhanger storylines. We still don’t know the outcome of Splinter vs. Kitsune. Alopex seems to be controlled by Kitsune’s spirit. How can three storytellers be so cruel as to keep us a whole month waiting in suspense? This month, however, we had beautiful artwork by Dave Wachter. I especially enjoyed his cover art. Stunning to say the least!

Meanwhile, I’ll probably have to go see Out of the Shadows in theaters a few more times while waiting to read next month’s TMNT comic book.

I finally saw it! Last week, I finally got a chance to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, and let me start by saying that it was so much better than its predecessor. I think what the TMNT film was missing a few years ago was a storyline. The writers made it too complicated, but Out of the Shadows was fun from start to finish! And if there were two characters who made this movie even more enjoyable, they were Bebop and Rocksteady!

If you can't get enough of Turtle troublemakers Bebop and Rocksteady, IDW Publishing has created a comic book series called Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything. In the very first issue, Donatello discovers the skeletons of both Bebop and Rocksteady in the Museum of Natural History, and only Renet could explain how this has happened. After she takes our heroes-in-a-half-shell all the way back in time to the Cretaceous Period, they run into mastermind Savanti Romero and unravel his evils plans. Meanwhile, Bebop and Rocksteady have teamed up with none other than themselves to literally destroy everything!

This week, the Turtles try to figure it all out. What timeline are they on? How and when did Bebop and Rocksteady team up with themselves? They go all the way back to 2012 (before they became mutants) to try and fix everything that’s gone wrong. But when everything else goes wrong, this story gets even more complicated than it already is!

Writers Ben Bates and Dustin Weaver definitely have an exciting series on their hands, but I’m starting to get worried about what could happen to our heroes. I have no clue as to how all of these situations could work themselves out, so I guess we all have to wait and see what next week holds, as Renet brings us to the 79th Dimension (whatever that is)! At least we have beautiful artwork by Damian Couceiro to keep us entertained this week. And with TMNT creator Bobby Curnow as editor, this story has to resolve itself somehow… right?!

Rumor has it that Indiana Jones is getting old. No, I don't mean Harrison Ford himself. More specifically, I mean that the Indy franchise is celebrating its 35th anniversary after Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark was released in 1981.

To me, this means nothing more except for the fact that I, too, am getting older. As a millennial born in 1983, the fact that some of my favorite movies like Star Wars,Back to the Future, and all of the other "Greatest Franchises of All Time" (including Indiana Jones) are celebrating 30-something anniversaries just goes to show you that I was born during a special age of filmmaking.

But, what is it about the Indiana Jones franchise that makes our hero so special? The only thing special about the last Indy reboot, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was that one of my best friends and I became exactly that--we bonded after realizing the film was so bad! As he would say, "That movie can be summarized in three words: aliens, ants, and waterfalls. Oh my!" Why, even the phrase "nuked the fridge" was derived from Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Only Indiana Jones could survive a nuclear blast by hiding in a refrigerator.

When I was in high school, I would argue with a fellow classmate of mine on who would win in a fight: Indiana Jones or James Bond. As a major James Bond fan (I own autographs of all six James Bond stars--and yes, that includes George Lazenby!), I would always try to convince my friend that Bond, James Bond, was the better hero, simply because the franchise is almost 20 years older. "He's had way more experience," I would say. "But, he's a man who relies on his gadgets," my friend would yell back. "All Indy ever needs is a whip and a hat."

Now that I'm older, I realize my friend is right. All Indiana Jones ever needs is a sense of adventure. No jetpack. No exploding pen. No car equipped with machine guns that can turn into a submarine when necessary. None of that! Indy just needs his charm, a faithful leather fedora, and a whip to keep those pesky snakes at bay. Throw in a sprinkle of a good storyline and a temple of doom, and you've got yourself a successful franchise!

Have you seen it yet? No, I’m not talking about the new Star Wars movie. I’ve seen that seven times already. I’m talking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. I’m seeing it this week, and I haven’t been this excited about a movie since—well—since Star Wars: The Force Awakens!

In the meantime, IDW Publishing has created a comic book series for my two favorite Turtle troublemakers of all time called Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything. In the very first issue, Donatello discovers the skeletons of both Bebop and Rocksteady in the Museum of Natural History. Naturally (Pun intended.), there’s only one person who could quite possibly explain why two of Shredder’s best baddies have been dead for over 80 million years—Renet!

This week, in Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything #2, Bebop and Rocksteady meet two guys I’m sure they never thought they would see again…themselves! Meanwhile, our heroes-in-a-half-shell go all the way back to the Cretaceous Period, where the mastermind behind this storyline, Savanti Romero, has begun to unravel his plans to literally destroy everything. And with multiple versions of Bebop and Rocksteady on the loose, how in Splinter’s name are our friends going to stop this guy?

If one thing’s for sure, writers Ben Bates and Dustin Weaver have an extremely fun and exciting series on their hands. Even Bobby Curnow is behind these comics as editor. And with artists like Giannis Milogiannis, Sophie Campbell, and even Ben Bates himself contributing to multiple pages, this series never loses its true vision.

Now, if only we could see where Bebop and Rocksteady will end up next . . .

We all have our obsessions. Some of us even have multiple. For me, it's mostly Star Wars and Harry Potter, but not many people know about an obsession I've had that goes all the way back to some of my first childhood memories. That obsession is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was created with one major purpose in mind--to sell toys. That was it; however, it's turned into so much more - from many different comic book storylines and movies, to multiple videos games and even a successful television reboot in its fourth season on Nickelodeon. Needless to say, creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird went well beyond their vision of a short comic book series and some action figures.

With Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows opening in theaters last Friday, the questions still remain: Have we simply become a society with a media outlet that's largely based on reboots? And if so, can we safely assume that the most-often-rebooted franchises came out of the '80s and '90s?

Fans have argued against this new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film franchise as a poorly constructed representation of their childhood, and even in a review on RogerEbert.com, one critic states, "Nostalgia is often used as a mandate for spectacularly lazy filmmaking." In these newest TMNT reboots, our band of brothers appear to be so muscular that they look nothing like their counterparts from the original '90s films, and even just the other day, a fellow coworker and I were arguing about the Turtles' current look. His argument was that if filmmakers can't make TMNT look like what its largest fanbase remember them as, then what's the point? I tend to disagree. Just because something looks different, doesn't mean it's bad; one can learn to appreciate both.

In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I think the writers have accurately depicted each of our pizza-loving heroes in a nostalgic representation. Will Arnett is also an excellent addition to the story, but he's just hilarious in anything he does. Blogs have confirmed that Casey Jones makes an appearance in Out of the Shadows, and if that's true, I like how the current screenwriters are taking their time to introduce important characters in a proper manner. And I'm sure we've all heard the rumors of a popular Turtle villain who may also make an appearance in this new film, but you're all going to have to go see it before I give away any spoilers.

In the meantime, I think we can all agree to not judge a Turtle by its outer shell. After all, we're fans of a franchise that surrounds the concept of Turtles--who happen to be mutants--who happen to stop growing as teenagers--who happen to master the art of ninjutsu. Splinter forbid they look weird, right?